2024-02-22 16:09:33
Look, you can’t blame us for being careful. The one who was burned in the fire and all that. Because when the artist of the unbearable twists from. Nate Shamalan released the first live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in 2010, our hearts broke and suddenly we couldn’t stand Dev Patel one bit anymore. How bad was it? 5% in Rotten Tomatoes and a review average of 2.9 out of 10 is bad. Bad enough to win the Golden Raspberry Award for “Worst Director”, “Worst Cinematography” and “Worst eye-popping use of 3D”. In our lives that is a real reward that he received.
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If so, we can’t be blamed for being downright cautious with Netflix’s new live-action adaptation of the American anime series. But there is reason to be optimistic, and not only thanks to the successful adaptation that Netflix has already released for “One Piece”, but also thanks to the fact that this time – unlike that movie by Shamlan – the production listened to the murmurs of the audience. When it was reported that it was decided that the series would contain one or another changes from the source material, a petition to cancel it appeared online – and unlike failed attempts to go head-to-head against the audience, this time the studios folded, and announced that they would stick to the source material as much as possible.
And this time it seems to have worked, and we even have a measure to test this theory – Rotten Tomato, which this time reached an elaborate score of 63% on behalf of the critics – an increase of 58% from the previous one. True, some critics still wondered if we even needed such a live-action adaptation, but all noted the impressive production, the excellent work of the actors and often the precise use of effects. None of them were flattered that they weren’t “eye-poppingly wrong,” but we suppose that’s also a plus. So it seems that this time there is a chance that we will like the living version of Aang, and we will want him to unite the four nations. Or at least we’ll have 8 episodes to get mad at Netflix. Sounds like win-win.
“Avatar: The Last Airbender”, 8 episodes, now on Netflix
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